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From: Russ Cox <russcox@gma...> Subject: acme: some thoughts about design Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 09:48:22 -0500 > > The thing I don't like [very much] is taglines [as a place for commands]: if you don't want to use the taglines for commands, don't. the taglines are necessary -- how else would you know which file was which? putting extra stuff in them that can be ignored seems like an efficient use of space, not a waste.